[Federal Register: May 8, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 89)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program: Approval Decision on
North Carolina Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program.
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of
Commerce and Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of intent to approve the North Carolina Coastal Nonpoint
Program.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the intent to fully approve the
North Carolina Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (coastal
nonpoint program) and of the availability of the draft Approval
Decisions on conditions for the North Carolina coastal nonpoint
program. Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization
Amendments (CZARA), 16 U.S.C. section 1455b, requires States and
Territories with coastal zone management programs that have received
approval under section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act to
develop and implement coastal nonpoint program. Coastal States and
Territories were required to submit their coastal nonpoint programs to
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval in July 1995. NOAA
and EPA conditionally approved the North Carolina coastal nonpoint
program on February 23, 1998. NOAA and EPA have drafted approval
decisions describing how North Carolina has satisfied the conditions
placed on its program and therefore has a fully approved coastal
nonpoint program.
NOAA and EPA are making the draft decisions for the North Carolina
coastal nonpoint program available for a 30-day public comment period.
If comments are received, NOAA and EPA will consider whether such
comments are significant enough to affect the decision to fully approve
the program.
Copies of the draft Approval Decisions can be found on the NOAA Web
site at http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/czm/ or may be obtained upon
request from: Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of
Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x150, e-
mail helen.farr@noaa.gov.
DATES: Individuals or organizations wishing to submit comments on the
draft Approval Decisions should do so by June 9, 2003.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be made to: John King, Acting Chief, Coastal
Programs Division (N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, NOS, NOAA, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910, phone (301) 713-3155, x188, e-mail john.king@noaa.gov.;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Farr, Coastal Programs Division
(N/ORM3), Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, NOS, NOAA,
1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910, phone (301) 713-
3155, x150, e-mail helen.farr@noaa.gov.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog 11.419 Coastal Zone Management
Program Administration)
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Dated: May 5, 2003.
Jamison S. Hawkins,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services and Coastal Zone
Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
G. Tracy Mehan III,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection
Agency.
[FR Doc. 03-11467 Filed 5-7-03; 8:45 am]
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